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Surplus market report: week of August 31, 2026
August 31 - September 6, 2026. 14,968 U.S. government surplus lots finished bidding, +2% on the week before, at a median winning bid of $160. Of the lots whose outcome we re-checked after close, 74.7% sold.
Lots closed
14,968
+2%
Median winning bid
$160
all categories
Sell-through
74.7%
Total closing value
$28,400,510
Vehicles carried the week on volume with 3,266 lots closed at a median of $2,575. The most contested category was real estate, where a lot that drew bids drew a median of 26 of them.
Volume, median close and sell-through by category
| Category | Closed | Median | vs. prior week | Sell-through | Median bids |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicles | 3,266 | $2,575 | +32% | 93.7% | 25 |
| Electronics | 2,187 | $101 | +1% | 83.9% | 10 |
| Furniture | 1,560 | $20 | +100% | 67.8% | 4 |
| Tools | 1,156 | $125 | -4% | 77.6% | 11 |
| Equipment | 646 | $1,015 | +2% | 86% | 17 |
| Jewelry | 467 | $125 | +26% | 52.7% | 19 |
| Real Estate | 404 | $3,950 | -4% | 22.8% | 26 |
| Military | 391 | $120 | -25% | — | 9 |
| Medical | 382 | $71 | -8% | 64.3% | 7 |
| Collectibles | 351 | $75 | +17% | 48.4% | 5 |
| Sporting | 182 | $43 | -57% | 92.8% | 9 |
| Catering | 124 | $160 | +135% | 84.3% | 9 |
| Art & Decor | 122 | $68 | -3% | 38.7% | 3 |
| Appliances | 119 | $50 | -39% | 79.6% | 9 |
| Janitorial | 112 | $92 | +84% | 84.8% | 11 |
Notable lots this week
Highest close of the week
1331 Gravel Pike, Perkiomenville, PA 10 Acres Deeded as FarmlandClosed at $617,000 after 177 bids in PA. Real Estate.
Also notable
(FL) 2024 Lamborghini Huracan EVO SpyderClosed at $337,000 after 99 bids in FL. Vehicles.
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Methodology: counts every U.S. lot in our index that finished bidding between 2026-08-31 and 2026-09-07 (UTC). Median is the median final winning bid among lots that closed with a bid. The all-category median moves with the mix of what happened to close that week, not with prices, so week-over-week movement is shown per category, where it compares like with like. Sell-through is the share of lots that sold, counted only where we re-checked the outcome after the auction closed, since a pre-close reading undercounts last-minute bids; weeks before that check existed report no sell-through rather than an understated one. A category needs 30 closed lots to appear and 50 re-checked lots to show a sell-through. Uncategorized lots are counted in the totals but not the table. This is a sample of the platforms we index, not the entire government-auction universe. Built September 7, 2026 and frozen.
For the always-current view, see the Surplus Market Report and the Surplus Price Index, or browse live auctions.